📖Reference: Dashboards

Overview

Dashboards are made up of customizable cards that visualize your Motion work as numbers, charts, or summaries. This reference covers all available chart types, fields, and configuration options.

Chart Types & Styles

• Number charts → Show a single metric (e.g., “Tasks completed this week”).

• Bar charts → Compare values across fields (e.g., Tasks by Assignee).

• Pie charts → Visualize proportions (e.g., Task status distribution).

  • Style: Filled or Donut.

• Line charts → Show trends over time (e.g., Tasks started per week).

  • Interpolation options: Basis, Bump, Natural, Step, etc.

Data Sources

• Tasks

• Projects

Axes & Values

• Y-Axis → Count or Total Hours.

• X-Axis → Any field, including:

X-axis field	X-axis field	X-axis field
Assignee Auto-schedule toggle Completed on Deadline Duration	Estimated completion ETA Label Priority Project	Stage Start date Status Workspace Custom fields

Sorting Options

• Value Ascending

• Value Descending

• Name Ascending

• Name Descending

Grouping Options

• Same as X-axis fields (except Assignee).

Filters

• Project filters → Same fields as X-axis.

• Task filters → Same fields as X-axis + option to include archived tasks.

Line Chart–Specific Settings

• Time unit → Day, Week, Month, Quarter, Year.

• Range → Choose a fixed or relative date range (e.g., Next 30 days).

• Interpolation → Options for how points are connected (Basis, Step, Monotone, etc.).

Chart Actions

• Expand chart

• Edit chart

• Duplicate chart

• Remove chart

Sharing & Permissions

• Dashboards can be shared with your team.

• Cards inherit permissions from underlying projects/tasks.